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Acanthoceras rhotomagense sussexiense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites sussexiensis was named by Mantell (1822). Its type specimen is BM 5691 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hamsey, Sussex, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Beer Head Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Acanthoceras sussexiense by Wright and Wright (1951); it was recombined as Acanthoceras rhotomagense sussexiense by Kennedy and Hancock (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. quadratum, A. sarthacense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Ammonites sussexiensis Mantell pp. 114 - 115 figs. pl. 20 f. 2
1951Acanthoceras sussexiense Wright and Wright p. 28
1970Acanthoceras rhotomagense sussexiense Kennedy and Hancock pp. 472 - 474 figs. Plate 89. fig. 2: Plate 91. figs. 1-2; Plate 92, figs. 1-2; text-figs. 3, 4, 5, 6a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusAcanthoceras
speciesrhotomagense(Brongniart 1822)
subspeciessussexiense(Mantell 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Ammonites sussexiensis (153949)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandie) Acanthoceras sussexiense (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Denmark Acanthoceras rhotomagense (69975)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Acanthoceras sussexiense (59793)